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From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
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Subject: Re: Student preparedness
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Date: 20 Jan 89 13:50:42 GMT
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In article <19214@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> matloff@iris.ucdavis.edu (Norm Matloff) writes:
>In article <5392@pdn.UUCP> reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) writes:
>%     It sounds like what many of the immigrants of the earlier part of
>%this century heard: "the streets are paved with gold".

>Yes, and it's true!  I believe that the average salary for an engineer
>in Taiwan is about $5,000, and of course a lot lower than that in China
>and India.  When word gets back home that Wang Ai Qian has bought a
>$500,000 house and is running his own business in addition to his regular
>job with Sun Microsystems, it looks very attractive indeed.  [But,
>apparently, it's much less attractive to Americans.  Why?]

    I've got friends and relatives who never went beyond high school.  They
never gave it a second thought.  They are plummers and electricians.  Some
can do better than me!  It certainly was an easier path to take, with more
immediate realization of money.  However, in the long run those with the
education will benefit more


>Actually, the Chinatown example is not what I meant.  You won't find many
>professional people living in Chinatown.  The residents there are "normal"
>immigrants, i.e. who immigrated through U.S. relatives instead of on the
>basis of professional skills.  


    Yes, I meant it as an extreme example.  The larger number of foreign
professionals that work for certain companies allow them to congregate
at work and keep to themselves.  Then again, native americans do the
same.  





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